Dionne Warwick
Marie Dionne Warrick, known as Dionne Warwick , is an American singer, actress and TVshow host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health.
Marie Dionne Warrick was born on December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey, to Mancel Warrick and Lee . the latter who was manager of The Drinkard Singers , and the former who began his career as a Pullman porter and subsequently became a chef, a gospel record promoter for Chess Records, and, finally, a CPA. Dionne has a sister Delia and a brother, Mancel Jr., who was killed in an accident in 1968 at the age of 21. Her parents were both African American, and she also has Native American, Brazilian, and Dutch ancestry.
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